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Angela Sutter, Swiss
Doll Artist

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From Ann: November 7, 2016

Take a look at the boys and girls on the buttons on the left and even all
them you will find in Angela's sold gallery. If you really like the looks of any
of these dolls, call Ann and she can talk you through ordering a custom Angela
Sutter doll just for you just like the one you really want. It is that easy.
Call Ann today to talk about Angela Sutter dolls, our layaway plan, and a
possible special price on your custom order. 866-817-0795.

Customer Comments:

April 21, 2011: Hi Ann and Randy, Aura Sutter has arrived safe
and sound and I am in awe (excuse the pun). Really think she is amazing and
never thought I would love a vinyl as much as my Sinami Himmie but do love Aura
just as much. Thank you very much for your patience and layaway during the past
year. Talk again soon, T.M. Australia.

ABOUT ANGELA SUTTER

Swiss
("with Italian roots") doll artist Angela Sutter lives and works in
the rural village of Schenkon, Switzerland. This friendly and peaceful
environment is the perfect place for creative work.

When she entered the world of dollmaking, Sutter,
who in 2005 is marking the 20th anniversary of her foray into dollmaking, was
influenced by the European artist pioneers, including Hildegard GŁnzel, Annette
Himstedt and Sabine Esche, as well as traditional dolls from Lenci and Sasha
Morgenthaler. But like some artists of her generation, as she developed her own
style, she found the characters that most interested her lay outside the
traditional realm of European doll design.

"My biggest inspiration were
my three children, but also the expressions and the fates of children in third
world countries," she explains of her African, Asian, Balkan and Latin
American beauties. In fact, it was her children who instigated her dollmaking
and made her take a workshop in marionette design. Unimpressed with the results,
and convinced she could do better, she went on to study dollmaking on her own.
However, it wasn't until 1989 that Sutter took the big step: presenting her work
to the public ("I couldn't separate myself from my dolls,"she
recalls). That year, she was invited to an exhibition at a gallery in Basel,
Switzerland. "This is where I sold my first dolls, and I was invited back
every year after that." From there her passion took off. Since 1990, she
has earned numerous gold and silver medals at the annual Eurodoll convention
(including four golds, one silver and three First Prizes at the 1996 convention
in Austria).

In 1998 she opened her studio, where she hosts
annual exhibitions of her latest international creations, as well as teaches
workshops and sells molds of her original porcelain designs. Sutter also
collaborated with the Italian company Migliorati to create more affordable vinyl
limited edition designs. Although her presence in the United States thus far has
been small, she has a strong following in the U.K., Italy and throughout central
Europe, and continues to gain attention internationally.

Angela Sutter crafts her dolls in Formo (an
air-drying clay) or porcelain and carefully details their cultural
characteristics from facial structures to their accessories, such as baskets,
pots and jewelry. Wigs are human hair or mohair, and the tricot bodies, allow
for maximum posability. She researches costumes and adorns her dolls in brightly
colored but well-worn dresses, robes, serapes and kerchiefs. The doll's hair,
though carefully styled, is often slightly mussed as a child's might be.

A doll of Angela Sutter begins with an idea that
bounces around for some time, inspired by all kinds of objects and images.
"When I actually start in the studio, and dive into the different
materials, tools and fabrics, I feel completely in my element, and forget the
world around me. When I finally can present my completed work and see how much
joy I can offer with my dolls, it's a great reward." Sutter has never been
interested in the typical doll - with nice silk clothes, bows and so on. What
interests her are ethnic children, especially children living in the street.
"With my dolls, I hope to contribute a little bit to the way one thinks
about the hard fate of children in distant countries. The children living in the
streets often have a certain melancholy in their eyes because they don't have
the same tasks and opportunities that most other European children do, and still
they are children: they play, they are satisfied." Angela Sutter's dolls
invoke the stoic charm and innocent lustre of children who find moments of peace
and joy within even the toughest of situations, and explore the cultural
heritage that makes every life worth living.

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